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Sounds like you have your ducks largely in line.

One thought not specifically award-related: you might look into the Oregon Historical Society's "Holiday Cheer" author event, which normally goes off the first Sunday of December in Portland (but was, obviously, cancelled this year). They have, however, opened the applications for the 2021 event on the OHS Web site, and that's one that would be wise to lock in early if you're at all interested. [They have in recent years become much more open to indie authors; there's not generally been much SF, but mystery and lit-fic are common, the event is always packed, and it's an affluent, potentially influential readership.]

As to other awards...hmm. Two you've probably thought of already would be the Philip K. Dick and the Pacific NW Booksellers' Association. If I were casting my net wider (and without being sure of the application processes), I think the two biggies I'd be most inclined to look into would be PEN America's and the Andrew Carnegie Medals (awarded by the American Library Association). One other thought, depending on specifics of setting: the Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America are, from what I gather, very much *not* limited to category-Westerns of the old sort (and seem to be pretty well respected nowadays). If any of your current cluster qualify, that might be one to check out.